Integrated Undergraduate and Graduate University Programme of Study of Primary Teacher Education and Integrated Undergraduate and Graduate University Programme of Study for Primary Teacher Education with English and German Language

Academic title abbreviation

mag. prim. educ.

Genre

master's thesis

Language

Croatian

Defense date

2016-07-05

Parallel abstract (English)

This final work is about music therapy with children with disabilities and also about
use of music therapy in daily life.
it describes the impact of music on man, how music heals and also what people
thought about it throught history. It says what the music therapy is, something about
the history of it, it' s use in Croatia and who the music therapists are. This work
describes what music therapy for children is and the main principles of it. Special
emphasis is placed on music therapy for children with disabilities . Each disability is
explained with procedures of the music therpy for it. Disabilities this work is talking
about are : Mental retardation , Hyperactivity (ADHD), Autism, Speech and voice
disorder, Motor disorder, Visual and hearing impairment, chronic diseases and
hospitalization. Special chapter describes use ofmusic in childrens daily life and their
everyday problems. There is also a few examples of using music as a therapy in daily
life. The examples are mentioned in the book „Mozart efekt (D. Campbell, 2005).
There is mentioned one miraculous event in using music. In the end of this work is
also mentioned the possible negative impact of the music therapy .